14. Such words as "hiss", "bowwow", "murmur", "bump", "grumble", "sizzle" and many more are examples of:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Metaphor

E) Metonymy

15. What two phonetic stylistic devices may produce the effect of euphony or cacophony?

A) Assonance and Alliteration

B) Capitalization and Multiplication

C) Onomatopoeia and Assonance

D) Metaphor and Metonymy

E) Irony and Epithet

16. What is euphony?

A) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing

B) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or hearing

C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed syllables

D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in opposition to each other.

E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two clash, being opposite in sense

17. What is cacophony?

A) a sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing

B) a sense of strain and discomfort in pronouncing or hearing

C) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed syllables

D) The stylistic device based on simultaneous realization of two logical meanings - dictionary and contextual, but the two meanings stand in opposition to each other.

E) A combination of two words in which the meaning of the two clash, being opposite in sense

18. As an example of_________the famous lines of E.A. Рое may serve:

...silken sad uncertain

rustling of each purple curtain...

A) Metaphor

B) Metonymy

C) Irony

D) Euphony

E) Cacophony

19. An example of________is provided by the unspeakable combination of sounds found

in R. Browning: Nor soul helps flesh now more than flesh helps soul.

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Euphony

E) Cacophony

20. The given definition: "intentional violation of the graphical shape of a word (or word combination) used to reflect its authentic pronunciation" is true for:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Graphon

E) Metonymy

21. What is an effective way of supplying information about the speaker's origin, social and educational background, physical or emotional condition, etc?

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Graphon

E) Metonymy

22. What does graphon indicate?

A) Standard pronunciation

B) irregularities or carelessness of pronunciation

C) the use of words whose sounds imitate those of the signified object or action

D) the repetition of consonants, usually-in the beginning of words

E) the repetition of similar vowels, usually in stressed syllables

23. The words "sellybrated" (celebrated), "bennyviolent" (benevolent), "illygitmit" (illegitimate), "jewinile" (juvenile) are examples of:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Graphon

E) Metonymy

24. The following "gimme" (give me), "lemme" (let me), "gonna" (going to), "gotta" (got to) are examples of:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Graphon

E) Metonymy

25. То purely graphical means, not involving the violations, we should refer:

A) Italics

B) Capitalization

C) Hyphenation

D) Multiplication

E) All the above-mentioned means

26. The following phrase "А1Ш1 aboarrrrrd" is an example of:

A) Italics

B) Capitalization

C) Hyphenation

D) Multiplication

E) Metaphor

27. The following phrase: "Help. Help. HELP." is an example of:

A) Italics

B) Capitalization

C) Hyphenation

D) Multiplication

E) Metaphor

28. The following phrase: "grinning like a chim-pan-zee" is an example of:

A) Italics

B) Capitalization

C) Hyphenation

D) Multiplication

E) Alliteration

29. The following phrase: "Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach" is an example of:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Irony

E) Hyperbole

30. The following phrase: "He swallowed the hint with a gulp and a gasp and a grin" is an example of:

A) Assonance

B) Alliteration

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Metaphor

E) Metonymy